Views from our house

Our front door opening to the street. Brad is ready to welcome visitors!
There is a wall like this that surrounds the whole compound. The large door is the entrance for the vehicles.

I took this picture standing in the middle of the road just outside our front door to give you an idea of what is around us.

This is the view the other way :)

The compound is on a corner lot. Nico and Lia's front door is around the corner from us. Above is a picture of the wall and their front door. If we continue down this road a short ways and then go right, we would be at the church. It is very close so we walk to church.

This is our neighbour across the street. None of the houses are very beautiful here. A lot of them are made out of mud bricks and they are surrounded by dirt. This fellow happens to have a vehicle, but that is not very common. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of garbage around and the whole town looks dirty. I expected to see a nice town square at least but even that was all run down and full of garbage. Thankfully, the beauty of the mountains surround us!

Wilf went with Nico to visit some of the people who live just outside the city on the mountain side. Kristen went along with him and they said although the people were very poor, the view from their homes was lovely. Wilf has been doing these visits with Nico for the past two days and he really enjoys it. Most of the people they visit are Christians and they visit and encourage them from God's Word. What an exciting way for Wilf to spend his time!

Brad looking out our doorway. The compound is very nice but the kids and I don't get out of the compound area very often. The town is too unsafe for me to let the kids out without me and there is not a lot for us to do-besides take a bit of a walk. Perhaps we will do more of that when the weather cools off. Although not super hot here, it is too hot when the sun is out, to walk with kids hanging all over the stroller. :) When the sun is not out, it is most likely about to rain!

The pool in the pictures I posted earlier is lovely and close by, but it is not cheap. Lia is talking to the owners about the possibilty of a family rate for the whole year. It is a very new idea around here so I'm not sure yet if they will agree.

One last shot of Ryan! He just had a nice bath :)